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acquiry

acquiry noun: acquirement.

Noun

acquiry (plural acquiries)

  1. (obsolete) acquirement
    • ca.1670,No art requireth more hard study and pain toward the acquiry of it than contentment. Isaac Barrow, Sermons, III, 62.

Forms of acquiry

pluralacquiries

Origin of acquiry

From acquire + -y.

Questions about acquiry

What does acquiry mean?
Acquiry means acquirement.
What part of speech is acquiry?
Acquiry is a noun.
What is the plural of acquiry?
The plural of acquiry is acquiries.

Words near acquiry in the dictionary

  1. acquireth
  2. acquiries
  3. acquiring
  4. acquiring financial institution
  5. acquiring financial institutions
  6. acquiry
  7. acquis
  8. acquis communautaire
  9. acquisible
  10. acquisite
  11. acquisition

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